Star profile

44 Piscium

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 44 Piscium

44 Piscium is a G-type star 470 light-years away, a distant kin of the Sun within the sinuous shape of the Fishes, where the ecliptic crosses the autumn sky. Though it shares our star's spectral class, its distance and apparent brightness reveal a giant in a later phase. The light arriving now left around 1556, during the closing years of Charles V's reign.

Where it is and when to see it

44 Piscium lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 54° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 88° S.

It ranks no. 59 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 21° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 44 Piscium

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 5.77
Distance: 470.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 6.351° · Dec 1.940°
Catalogue: HIP 2006 · HD 2114

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Other stars in Pisces

Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 79 stars in Pisces